To be of concern, to matter, to care about — an impersonal verb used to ask whether someone genuinely cares. Appears in some of Scripture's most emotionally raw moments.
'Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?' (Mark 4:38) is the universal human cry — does God care about my suffering? The disciples' question in the storm is every person's question in crisis. Jesus' response is not words but action: He stills the storm. Peter later answers the question definitively: 'Cast all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you' (1 Pet 5:7). The cross is the ultimate proof that God cares.